Shareholder stewardship in Asia: Functional diversity within superficial formal convergence

• Main Authors: KOH Alan K., PUCHNIAK, Dan W., GOTO Gen
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: shareholder stewardship; stewardship; Asia; institutional investors; faux convergence; comparative corporate governance; Asian Studies; Business Organizations Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4025; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99584687302601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Global%20Shareholder%20Stewardship&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Stewardship codes as they originated in the UK focus on the role and function of institutional investors. Yet in Asia, where institutional investors play a much less dominant role, stewardship codes have also become popular. This Chapter explores why and what this means for comparative corporate gov...